- Who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.
- Listen, my son, accept what I say,
and the years of your life will be many. - Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?”
And I said, “Here am I. Send me!” - Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”
- My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline,
and do not resent his rebuke,
because the Lord disciplines those he loves,
as a father the son he delights in. - May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us;
establish the work of our hands for us—
yes, establish the work of our hands. - The Lord commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear the Lord our God, so that we might always prosper and be kept alive, as is the case today.
- But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.”
- This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit.
- Paul said, “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”
- For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.
- For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
- Till the Spirit is poured on us from on high,
and the desert becomes a fertile field,
and the fertile field seems like a forest. - Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- May the Lord our God be with us as he was with our ancestors; may he never leave us nor forsake us.
- For this is what the Lord has commanded us:
“I have made you a light for the Gentiles,
that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.” - Your word is a lamp for my feet,
a light on my path. - Do not take advantage of the widow or the fatherless. If you do and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry. My anger will be aroused, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows and your children fatherless.
- As far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us. - Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
- Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
rather, he made himself nothing
by taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death—
even death on a cross! - My son, pay attention to what I say;
turn your ear to my words.
Do not let them out of your sight,
keep them within your heart. - And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one. - Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.
- “‘If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for one who believes.”
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